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  • 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Of those who have surgery, more than 40 percent will have additional breast reconstruction surgery.

    Next-Level Breast Reconstruction After Cancer

    Professor Fatima Merchant, department chair of engineering technology at the University of Houston, is part of a multi-institutional research team designing patient-specific molds for breast cancer patients who undergo reconstructive surgery after cancer surgery. The project, supported by a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, is set to make breast reconstruction more efficient, promoting psychosocial adjustment to cancer survivorship and reducing time in care.
  • A group of young students read books in a library. An adult stands at the table between two students.

    University of Houston research concludes students face growing challenges as Texas teacher workforce evolves

    As K-12 students across the state of Texas return to the classroom, some may not see the same teachers roaming the halls as they did the year before. New research from the University of Houston’s College of Education – titled the “2024 Texas Teacher Workforce Report” – found that overall teacher retention has been trending down across the past decade, decreasing approximately 6.4 percentage points between the 2012-13 and the 2021-22 school year.
  • Male and female students wearing lab coats walking past a building. A motion blur effect is applied to the students.

    Bauer Launches New Degree Program for Healthcare Professionals

    The C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston is now accepting applications for the Spring 2025 class of the Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership, a new advanced degree program designed to prepare students for professional leadership and administrative careers in healthcare. “Given that Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world with more than 375,000 healthcare employees, the need for professionals in the field is poised for growth as the population expands and ages,” Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs Leiser Silva said.
  • Two nurses practice procedures on a mannequin patient sitting up in a bed.

    UH’s Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing Earns National Accreditation for Health Care Simulation

    The University of Houston Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing has earned prestigious national accreditation from the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. The College is the first and only college in the greater-Houston area to achieve this accreditation.
  • Portrait of a man smiling with short brown hair wearing a white lab coat.

    Gessner College of Nursing Commencement Includes First DNP Graduates

    Forty-four students participated in commencement and pinning ceremonies for the University of Houston Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing. The event took place at the Cullen Performance Hall, Friday, May 10 on the UH main campus. The ceremony included students earning undergraduate and graduate degrees, including the inaugural cohort of students from the College’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.

  • A man in a white lab coat and blue gloves uses a pipette to apply nutrients and microbes to sorghum plants growing in a lab.

    UH Trains Future Agri-Scientists to Outsmart Climate Change Threats to Food Crops

    Researchers at the University of Houston are training future agricultural scientists in new methods of protecting the world’s food crops – which too often are left vulnerable to extreme weather events in these days of climate change. Funded by a $995,805 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the team is expanding research knowledge and building a new curriculum for students, many from communities currently underrepresented among the agriculture industry’s leadership.